Legal Opinion
Ciarelli v. State
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided June 9, 1969No. 54127PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WELBORN, Commissioner.
Appeal from denial, after hearing, of relief under Criminal Rule 27.26, V.A.M.R., from 10-year sentence for receiving stolen property, valued at over $50. The conviction was affirmed on a previous direct appeal. State v. Ciarelli, Mo.Sup., 416 S. W.2d 944.
The first of the two points presented on this appeal is that appellant was denied the effective assistance of counsel upon his original trial because his attorney, by acting also as attorney for a prosecution witness, was representing conflicting interests.
The charge against Ciarelli arose out of a burglary and theft at…
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